Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions

CC Rega-Brodsky, MFJ Aronson, MR Piana… - Urban …, 2022 - Springer
Since the 1990s, recognition of urban biodiversity research has increased steadily.
Knowledge of how ecological communities respond to urban pressures can assist in …

Biodiversity and health in the urban environment

MR Marselle, SJ Lindley, PA Cook, A Bonn - Current environmental health …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of review Biodiversity underpins urban ecosystem functions that are essential for
human health and well-being. Understanding how biodiversity relates to human health is a …

Global impacts of future urban expansion on terrestrial vertebrate diversity

G Li, C Fang, Y Li, Z Wang, S Sun, S He, W Qi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid urban expansion has profound impacts on global biodiversity through habitat
conversion, degradation, fragmentation, and species extinction. However, how future urban …

Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land expansion projected to 2050

RD Simkin, KC Seto, RI McDonald… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
As the global urban population is poised to grow by 2.5 billion over the next 30 y, urban land
conversions are expected to be an increasingly prominent driver of habitat and biodiversity …

Impacts of urban expansion on natural habitats in global drylands

Q Ren, C He, Q Huang, P Shi, D Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Urban regions across the world have expanded rapidly in recent decades, affecting fragile
natural habitats, including in drylands, and threatening the achievement of the UN …

Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

X Li, P Gong, Y Zhou, J Wang, Y Bai… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Urban boundaries, an essential property of cities, are widely used in many urban studies.
However, extracting urban boundaries from satellite images is still a great challenge …